Now I Want It All

Chapter 12

It took all the willpower the Uchiha could muster to pull away from the blonde. He stared at him, slightly panting as he tried to catch his breath.

The blonde was doing the same, his lips slightly bruised and cheeks flushed. Blue eyes hesitantly made eye contact before looking away.

Sasuke didn't know what to make of the situation. Naruto left him feeling like he was on an emotional rollercoaster, wanting to hit the blonde and make love to him all at once. He ran a hand through his hair as he finally felt like he could breathe normally. He sent a desperate look to Naruto. "I don't understand you at all."

Naruto was silent, unsure of what to say. He opened his mouth to say something, but as he looked into obsidian eyes and saw the utter confusion, he closed it shut and went back to looking at anything but the Uchiha.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed. "You say you want nothing to do with me, but then act like you want me the next minute. And for some reason, I can't stop thinking about you. You drive me crazy but I love it. But Naruto," he paused, waiting for the blonde to look up at him.

Naruto reluctantly made eye contact, again, with Sasuke, this time not looking away. He stayed silent but kept his focus on the raven, silently urging him to continue.

"I can't keep doing the back and forth with you anymore." He let out a sigh, already feeling emotionally drained but the need to tell his feelings to the man overpowering any doubts. He had to admit to himself, and say it out loud. "I have feelings for you, Naruto, and I can't deny it anymore."

Naruto's eyes widened at the confession.He looked away once again, still saying silent.

Sasuke felt any hope of his words getting to the blonde fading. The pain of being silently rejected, was getting to him. He stood up slowly and made his way to the forgotten picture album. "Let's finish getting this over with." He picked it up and made his way back over to Naruto where he sat down, close to him but with enough space. He placed the book in front of them and flipped to the second page.

As Sasuke began to flip through the photo album, Naruto watched him carefully. The raven showed no indication of what he was feeling. The stoic, bored look as he flipped through the pages was a permanent look on his face, a mild frown if a picture was more embarrassing.

"This one is definitely coming out." Sasuke scowled at the picture as he began to take it out of the album, shaking Naruto out of his thoughts.

The blonde shook his head, and focused on the picture. A smile appeared on his face as he took the picture out of Sasuke's hands. The picture was of the two of them, about four-years-old, Naruto was dressed up in a yellow blouse that fit him more like a dress, a bunch of daisies in his hands and toilet paper placed atop his head, smiling brightly at the camera. He was arm in arm with Sasuke who was wearing one of his dad's old tuxedo jackets and a blue tie. There was a small, genuine smile on his face as his gaze was directed towards Naruto. "Can I have it?"

Sasuke looked up from the page he was on, already forgetting about the picture. "What?"

"The picture?" Naruto held it up.

Sasuke's cheeks tinted a light pink. "Uh, yeah, I guess."

Naruto smiled at him before looking back down at the picture.

The raven watched the blonde study the picture and Sasuke felt himself smile as well. He looked back at the album and continued looking through it.

"I'm sorry." Sasuke was about to reach the last page, mid-flip when the words came out of nowhere. He looked at the blonde, slightly confused. "For acting like that. And for leaving you hanging like that."